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Job 3:2 open_in_new
spake. answered, i.e. began, or lamented. Hebrew idiom. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41.
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Job 3:3 open_in_new
and. or. He knew not which it was. Compare Judges 11:31.
man. Hebrew. geber. App-14.
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Job 3:4 open_in_new
darkness. Hebrew. hashak. GOD. Hebrew Eloah. See App-4.
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Job 3:5 open_in_new
the shadow of death. Hebrew. zalmaveth. the darkness of death.
stain it. pollute it. Hebrew. ga'al, to pollute; not ga'al, to redeem.
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Job 3:7 open_in_new
Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
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Job 3:8 open_in_new
their mourning. a dragon. Referring probably to what the constellation signified.
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Job 3:9 open_in_new
dark. Hebrew. hashak. See Job 3:4.
let it look. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.
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Job 3:12 open_in_new
the knees [of the mother]. Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6.
prevent. come before, so as to meet.
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Job 3:14 open_in_new
desolate places. ruins: i.e. places (tombs or monuments) already going to ruins.
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Job 3:17 open_in_new
wicked. lawless agitators. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
weary. worn out [of strength].
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Job 3:18 open_in_new
oppressor. taskmaster.
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Job 3:19 open_in_new
master. masters. Hebrew, plural for emphasis.
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Job 3:20 open_in_new
Wherefore... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Job 3:21 open_in_new
long. wait, or look for.
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Job 3:22 open_in_new
grave. sepulchre. Hebrew. keber. See App-35.
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Job 3:24 open_in_new
I eat. my food.